All-weather volume imaging of the boundary layer and troposphere using the MU radar

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1407-1419

  Worthington, R M ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (convective processes, turbulence); Radio science (instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; IMAGING METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 2442492202     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1407-2004     Document Type: Article

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